ST. JOHN – Otis-Bison quarterback Kaden Foust accounted for five touchdowns to spark the Cougars past St. John 50-0 in Friday’s football opener.
Foust scored on runs of 4, 9 and 45 yards. He scored on a 52-yard punt return and completed a 29-yard scoring strike to Ky Schwartz. Foust had 91/2 tackles.
Cougar Christian Roth scored on a 61-yard kickoff return and a 57-yard run. The Cougars rushed for 171 yards.
St. John’s Caden McCandless rushed for 68 yards and accounted for 10 tackles. St. John (0-1) lost three fumbles and committed four turnovers.
Otis-Bison 14 24 12 – 50
St. John 0 0 0 – 0
OB—Christian Roth 61 kickoff return (Kaden Foust run); OB—Foust 52 punt return (run failed); OB—Roth 57 run (Foust run); OB-- Foust 45 run (Dalton Regan run); OB—Foust 4 run (Foust run); OB—Ky Schwartz 29 pass from Foust (run failed); OB—Foust 9 run (run failed)
RUSHING—OB—Foust 13-77, Roth 4-66, Ethan Graff 3-21, Schwartz 1-6, Regan 1-2; SJ—Caden McCandless 15-68; Marco Ibarra 9-10; Angel Ibarra 7-8; Ethan Son 1-1; Randy Calvillo 1-0.
PASSING—OB—Foust 3-7-0, 29; SJ—Marco Ibarra 4-10-1; Caden McCandless 1-1-0, Adrian Adame 0-1-0;
RECEIVING—OB—Schwartz 1-29; Eston Juno 1-0; Regan 1 -0; SJ—Ethan Son 4-10; Angel Ibarra 1-1.
PRATT 68, HOISINGTON 18
PRATT – The Hoisington Cardinals led Pratt 11-8 when Pratt’s Luis Orozco dropped a snap from punt formation. Orozco ran for a first down when the Cardinals’ punt contain vanished.
Pratt (1-0) converted a touchdown and scored the next 40 points to rout the shocked Cardinals 68-18 in Friday’s football opener. The Cardinals lost seven fumbles, including two on kickoffs.
Pratt’s Max Younie (52, 69), Enoch Walton (8, 37) and Trevor Stimatze (2, 3) each scored two touchdowns for Pratt’s 472-yard rushing game. Walton gained 159 yards and Younie 110 yards as Pratt rushed for 491 yards.
Cardinal Logan Robinson scored on 33- and 57-yard runs and Sam Baldyga added a 26-yard field goal.
“We’ve got to tackle better,” said Hoisington coach Zach Baird. “We didn’t play physical football. We’ll see who shows up next week.”
Hoisington 11 0 7 0 0 — 18
Pratt 24 16 22 0 6 — 68
P—Johnny Martinez 63 run (Enoch Walton run); H—Legend Robinson 33 run (Robinson run); H—Sam Baldyga 26 FG; P—Walton 8 run (Walton run); P—Trevor Stimatze 3 run (Martinez pass from Walton); P—Max Younie 20 run (Younie run); P—Stimatze 2 run (Walton run); P—Walton 37 run (Carson Hoeme run); H—Legend Robinson 57 run (Baldyga kick); P—Max Younie 52 run; P—Hoeme 70 run (Walton run); P—Younie 69 run (run)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–HHS 34-240; Logan Robinson 15-152; Jason Robinson 1-46; Wyatt Wikum 11-46; Ian Smith 1-4; Leyton Haxton 1-0; Chase Steinert 1-(-1); Tony Moore 4-(-7); PRATT–45-491; Walton 18-159; Younie 8-110; Martinez 4-85; Hoeme 4-80; Stimatze 4-19; Wilson 2-13; Barker 3-13; Mandl 1-8; Weber 1-4
PASSING–HHS Haxton 2-4-0, 21; P–Younie 2-2-0, 21; Hoeme 0-2-0.
RECEIVING–HHS–Moore 2-21; P–Johnson 1-13; Hoeme 1-8.
TACKLES–HHS–Moore 3-1; Alderdice 3-0.
NESS CITY 32, MACKSVILLE 20
NESS CITY – Ness City outscored Macksville 26-0 after halftime to rally for a 34-20 Central Prairie League football victory Friday.
Macksville quarterback Ryan Kuckelman scored on 1- and 2-yard runs and completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to freshman Hector Gomez for a 20-6 halftime lead. Kuckelman rushed for 127 yards and passed for 76 yards. Kuckelman recovered a fumble with nine tackles.
Ness City quarterback Jose Guzman rushed for four scores and completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Danny Guzman to ignite the rally. Jose Guzman scored on 10- and 25-yard second-half touchdowns runs. The Eagles' Gavin Schreiber and Jose Guzman recovered Macksville fumbles to set up two second-half scores.
“We were a totally different football team the second half,” said Macksville coach Kyle Bright. “We started slow and never recovered. But our younger guys got their first varsity experience. We had a lot of firsts.”
Macksville 6 14 0 0 – 20
Ness City 6 0 12 14 – 32
NC–Jose Guzman 4 run (run failed); M–Ryan Kuckelman 2 run (run failed); M–Kuckelman 1 run (run good); M–Hector Gomez 18 pass from Kuckelman (run failed); NC–Danny Guzman 17 pass from Jose Guzman (run failed); NC–Jose Guzman 1 run (run failed); NC–Jose Guzman 10 run (Corbin Ross pass from Jose Guzman); NC–Jose Guzman 25 run (run failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–M–47-190; Kuckelman 38-127; Gomez 9-63.
PASSING–M–Kuckelman 7-12-1, 76.
RECEIVING–M–Lance Lickiss 2-42; Gomez 2-23, Alvaro Ibarra 1-7, Rogelio Ibarra 1-6.
KINSLEY 38, CENTRAL PLAINS 6
KINSLEY – Kinsley scored five consecutive touchdowns after trailing for a 38-6 football victory over Central Plains. Kinsley's Conner Chamberlain and Dylan Haselhorst each scored two touchdowns. Alex Garcia gained 97 yards and Kinsley rushed for 279 yards. It marked the first time in six tries that the Coyotes beat the Oilers.
Cole Lamatsch scored the Central Plains touchdown. The Oilers (0-1) lost three fumbles.
Central Plains 6 0 0 0 – 6
Kinsley 8 8 14 8 – 38
CP—Cole Lamatsch 4 run (run failed); K—Chamberlain 15 run (Garcia run); K—Chamberlain 20 run (Garcia pass from Schmidt); K—Schmidt 45 fumble return (Garcia run); K—Haselhorst 7 run (run failed); K—Haselhorst 1 run (Levi Taylor pass from Schmidt)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—CP—41-63; Blaine Hickel 8-25; Dawson McNeal 13-23; Evan Stratmann 14-17; Lamatsch 6-(-2); K—42-279; Garcia 10-97; Haselhorst 9-77; Chamberlain 10-63; Schmidt 12-39.
PASSING—CP—Stratmann 5-7-0, 40; Lamatsch 1-2-0, 6; K—Schmidt 2-8-0, 25.
RECEIVING—McNeal 5-44; Hickel 1-2; K—Chamberlain 2-25.
OLPE 68, ELLINWOOD 0
OLPE – Defending 1A state champion Olpe roared past Ellinwood 68-0 in Friday’s non-league football opener. Olpe quarterback Damon Redeker returned three punts for touchdowns and completed touchdown passes to Blake Redeker and Eric Hoelting.
Damon Redeker ran back-to-back punt returns for scores after completing a 29-yard touchdown strike to his brother Blake Redeker. Ellinwood lost 12 yards on 43 offensive plays with two turnovers.
Ellinwood 0 0 0 0 – 0
Olpe 28 34 0 6 – 68
O—Blake Redeker 24 pass from Damon Redeker (Braden Fowler kick); O—D. Redeker 63 punt return (Fowler kick); O—D. Redeker 60 punt return (Fowler kick); O—Derek Hoelting 39 pass from D. Redeker (Fowler kick); O—Eric Hoelting 62 run (Fowler kick); O—Darren Heinz 40 interception return (Fowler kick); O—Garret Cole 4 run (Fowler kick); O—D. Redeker 62 punt return (kick failed); O—Cole 2 run (Fowler kick); O—Ted Slalsky 60 pass from Blake Redeker (run failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–E–27-(-24); O–23-201.
PASSING–E–Drew Heinz 1-16-1, 12; O–3-5-0, 124.
STAFFORD 52, FAIRFIELD 6
STAFFORD — Stafford quarterback Dylan Gantz completed two touchdown passes to Josh Hildebrand and rushed for a touchdown in a 52-6 opening victory over Fairfield.
Tai Hildebrand rushed for two touchdowns and gained 100 yards. The Trojans lost four fumbles. Stafford's Colson Minks recovered two fumbles and Brody Kerschenske recovered a fumble. Angel Dominguez and Gantz intercepted passes.
Fairfield’s Brady Fowler completed a touchdown pass to Camre Haumont.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—S—22-214; Gantz 7-110; Tai Hildebrand 12-100; Angel Dominguez 2-18; Ashton Harter 1-(-11); F—19-11; Camre Haumont 4-13; Brady Fowler 11-4; Azeke Cochran 4-(-6).
PASSING—S—Gantz 2-6-0, 44; F—Fowler 5-10-2, 94.
RECEIVING—S—Josh Hildebrand 2-44; F—Jacob Bauman 2-41; Haumont 2-28; Ashtin Cochran 1-25.
